tamales with the girls

Today in the morning we went to 103rd and Corona to Tortelleria Nixtamal. The lady that was giving us a tour was talking about the machine people use in Mexico to make tacos. She said that people barely use the machine in the U.S. After, she took us down stairs where the rest of the workers were. They showed us how to make flour with corn and then a lady showed us how to make sweet tamales. It looked really easy to make. The best part for me was when the lady added pineapples on the sweet pink tamales. We had to wait 45 minutes so we decided to eat.  What I had was delicious tostada de bistec. After that, my dessert was a Mexican coconut ice-cream. That was very delicious; I wanted another one. I learned a lot about Bachata and how in Santo Domingo, Bachata was misleading towards women.  People in D.R wouldn't listen to Bachata, but if they did listen Bachata, they would be known as a bad person because Bachata was only about violence, sexual abuse, and alcohol abuse.

~Daisy